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Ending Today!

Hi, all! Quick reminder that auctions for the second half of my original SuperBatober art start ending today at 3pm PST. I mentioned this before, but I think this is the final year I plan o...

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Island Girl

Happy Friday, my friends!

Here's some new art to end the week for you. Was initially going to be another little warm-up sketch but I liked how it was turning out so decided to polish it up. Been a while since I posted something more illustrative too. I'm clearly not over my little tropical ...

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Pie

Hi all! And happy Thanksgiving to all those in my neck of the world.

I know I drew this last year, but since I was considering sharing this little Batgirl and Supergirl comic around the socials today, I thought I'd share it here too. And maybe there's even a couple of you who haven't seen i...

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Second Batch of SuperBatober art is up!

Hi, my friends!

I'm back from a fun, relaxing and most importantly, disconnected vacation. I plan to get some new art up this week for you but first I wanted to let everyone know that the 2nd half of SuperBatober originals 2023-11-20 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Supergirl and Krypto

Can't think of a better way to transition from SuperBatober into character sketches than by drawing what could essentially just be a bonus SuperBatober. The patron asked for Supergirl but asked if I could get Krypto included in the sketch. Since Krypto didn't show up at all last month, I think it...

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Yo Yo Girl

Happy Friday, my friends! Here's a little warm-up drawing before trying to hammer out a couple of character sketches before leaving for my trip Monday morning. If I'm able to get any done, I'll post here before I leave.

Also, reminder that the first half of SuperBatober auctions 2023-11-10 16:52:27 +0000 UTC View Post

Convention Sketches

Hi, all. Back from out of town!

I had a ton of time to kill at the airport for a connecting flight yesterday and ended up spending a majority if it finally looking through all of the various photos I took last month. Scattered in there where a few sketches I did at a couple of shows so thou...

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Marvelous Monday

Happy Monday, my friends! Here's some cheerful new art to start your week.

Probably could have polished it up a little more, but wanted to get it posted for you this morning before, if you can believe it, flying out of town yet again. Just a quick school visit this time around though which ...

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SuperBatober 2023 Auction Schedule

All right. Here we go! (always a bit stressful this part)

Like I mentioned before, I have a vacation smack dab in the middle of this month which made trying to figure out how to auction off all the SuperBatober pieces around that a little difficult. But I finally landed on the schedule belo...

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Print Restock (limited)

Hi all! With my little convention year over, I restocked my online shop with the remainder of the prints I brought with me to shows. Plenty of the specialty mini prints and stickers (I printed up quite a few of those) but fairly limited of everything else. Wanted to give y'all first access to wha...

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SuperBatober 31 - FIRE

Ah... a nice warm drink after a loooong month. :)

I know a lot of folks were probably expecting some fiery bombastic conclusion, but I really felt like ending things on a nice relaxing note. Plus, I always aim to get at least one "chilling on the couch" one of these each year and this was l...

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SuperBatober 30 - RUSH

Racing toward the finish line for these. One more to goooooooo!

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SuperBatober 29 - MASSIVE

Realized I've been neglecting Streaky in the past few of these so decided to bring him back in a BIG way. Happy Caturday! Got a late start on this one, working well into last night, so forgot to snap a pic of the inks. Sorry. I had a good run at least!

Speaking of cats getting bigger, the t...

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SuperBatober 28 - SPARKLE (with process!)

Afraid I might've gone too far here. Did I finally jump the shark with this one? Or maybe that was yesterday. Haha.

Anyhoo, MAGICAL PROCESS TIME!

We're at the tail end of th...

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SuperBatober 27 - BEAST

Boundaries, Kara!

Other that that, I wish I had more commentary on this one for you. It was um... fun drawing Beast for the first time! He'll likely be the last guest character to show up in one of these but we got a few more days to go so who knows. I haven't really been planning ahead (th...

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SuperBatober 26 - REMOVE

It's tough being just human sometimes! Also feel free to think of this as either a precursor to "ANGEL" or "BOUNCE". Or both! Whichever you prefer.

Thought I'd share my initial quick sketch which had the classic "super S reveal" (only a hoodie instead of a button top because that's what my ...

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SuperBatober 25 - DANGEROUS

About a million and two ways I could have gone with this prompt, but since I couldn't get the image of Harley sitting atop a pile of her pet bombs out of my head, that's what I went with.

We're down to the last week of these! Will do my best to go out with a bang.

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SuperBatober 24: SHALLOW

Back from Chattanooga Comic Con! I was such a great, fun little show! Good crowds, good hosts, good lighting (which is unusual in a convention center) and good friends. Despite a hectic month, I'm glad I made the extra effort to attend. Gosh though... I am SO thankful not to have to trav...

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SuperBatober 23 - CELESTIAL

Finally got Kara in her spacesuit!

Saw this prompt as a good opportunity to pull out that masking liquid I used for “MAP” (as well as a bit of a follow up to that piece). This time I used it for a lot more stars and planets. Here’s a look at how it looked before going in with watercol...

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SuperBatober 22 - SCRATCHY

This piece influenced by one of my two newish cats! Who is simultaneously sweet, adorable and utterly destructive.

I guess this could also be considered a sequel to FORTUNE from a week or so back. Or it's own thing. I leave it up to you!

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SuperBatober 21 - CHAINS

BFFs.

Thought about doing an homage to that classic chain breaking cover but it's been done more times than I can count. This was more fun to draw anyways. :) 

Reminder I'm at Chattanooga Comic Con tomor...

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SuperBatober 20 - FROST

Thought a beach drawing might be a little fun and unusal use of this prompt. Pleased as punch with the way that snowflake turned out. Watercolored it at the very end like the incautious planner I am so easily could have mucked up the whole piece with the slightest kitty jump into my lap (which ha...

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SuperBatober 19 - PLUMP

After cool days in New York and flying back to Florida only to find even MORE cool days (it won't last), I officially have fall fever! Hopefully I'll find some time next week to go pick out a pumpkin or two. 🎃

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SuperBatober 18 - SADDLE

Horses. They aren't the hardest things to draw in the world but they sure ain't the easiest either. Especially when trying to sketch them up very quickly. Fun tho!

Speaking of fun, I had a great time at NYCC! A few of you came out and introduced yourself while I was signing at the Abrams bo...

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SuperBatober 18 - DEMON

Gone! Gone! O dismal melancholy.
And rise the much too hyper sugar high!

Afraid this gag might only play with those familiar with Etrigan, but I feel enough of my followers know his deal that it's okay. Plus, I've been wanting to draw him for ages and this was an easy excuse to ...

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SuperBatober 16 - ANGEL

Spent way longer on this one than maybe I should have. Mostly indecision on my part. Kept going back and forth on the dot eyes and including that word balloon. And my stubbornness not to use any white paint on these pieces made those speedlines really time consuming.

In the end I'm...

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SuperBatober 15 - DAGGER

Be afraid. Be VERY afraid. Or, if you prefer, completely in your own casually optimistic element like Kara is.

Managed to snap a few process shots of this one as well as a close up on Bats' dagger eyes. I suppose it could also be considered a sequel to this piece from last year:

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SuperBatober 14 - CASTLE

Streaky break. :)

I'm off to NYC today! If you're at NYCC on Sunday, I have a drawing panel with Art Baltazar at 11:3...

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SuperBatober 13 - RISE

Not a whole lot to say about this one. I hope it speaks for itself! Happy with how it turned out though. :)

Leaving out of town again tomorrow; a busy day with all sorts of hustle and bustle so I'm just gonna leave it at that. Lots to do! Which is most likely how Babs feels every morning (a...

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SuperBatober 12 - SPICY

Always try to get at least one reading/book related piece in for the month and this prompt seemed to work pretty well for that. Feel free to use your imagination on the prose. Haha.

A heads up that the next few of these I was trying to get done, well...on the road doesn't sound right...at h...

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